PRESENTING THE 2011 - 2012 SELBY GALLERY EXHIBITION SEASON Every year, Ringling College of Art and Design's Selby Gallery creates a rich and diverse series of exhibitions for its student body and the community at large.

The internalized experience of sustained living in two cultures (China, Europe) crates a problematic identity for artists that embraces neither culture but instead seeks resolution through individual rather than cultural modes of their work. Curated by Prof. Qin Jian of Xiamen University, Fujian, China.

Annual Ringling College Faculty and Staff Exhibitions

September 30- October 26, 2011

Showcases diverse work by faculty in all the departments in the Selby, Basch, and Christ-Janer Galleries. Annual Ringling College Staff, Continuing Studies & Special Programs, Longboat Key Center for the Arts and Englewood Art Center Instructors Exhibition will be in the Willis Smith Galleries featuring work from the Ringling College staff and instructors from each of its divisions.

The statewide Florida Artist Group will hold their annual juried exhibition, symposium and workshops at Ringling College.

Putterman Residence, photo Steven Brooke

June 29-August 3, 2012

IN / FORMED BY THE LAND - The Architecture of Carl Abbott

Selby Galleries I & II: With selections from architect Carl Abbottʼs award-winning work—who, as the youngest and last remaining member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, has carried on its traditions while also incorporating his own unique design concepts.

[Carl Abbott] For the past four decades Carl's Sarasota Architectural office has been one of the most highly awarded firms in the Florida / Caribbean region. As its youngest and last remaining member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, he has carried on its traditions while also incorporating his own unique design concepts.

Carl Abbott grew up in a small town in coastal Georgia where his world was Nature — later Architecture became his focus. He studied at the University of Florida under Buckminster Fuller then received his Master's from Yale with studies under Paul Rudolph and Luis Kahn. He has worked in Hawaii, in New York with I.M. Pei, and in London with classmates Lord Richard Rogers and Lord Norman Foster.

Carl is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. The University of Florida honored him as a Distinguished Architectural Alumnus. The Florida / Caribbean AIA selected him to receive the Medal of Honor for Design and also selected his office to receive the Architectural Firm Honor Award. IN / FORMED BY THE LAND - The Architecture of Carl Abbott is the first book exclusively on Abbottʼs design process and architecture. It will be published this year by ORO Publications. For more information go to: www.carlabbott.com.